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Collecting Evolution

The Galápagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin

By: Matthew J. James

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Collecting Evolution

The Galápagos Expedition that Vindicated Darwin

By: Matthew J. James

The story of the 1905-1906 voyage by the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, during which over 78,000 species were collected.

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Oxford University Press

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0199354596

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9780199354597

Strategic Party Government

Why Winning Trumps Ideology

By: Gregory Koger,Matthew J. Lebo

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Strategic Party Government

Why Winning Trumps Ideology

By: Gregory Koger,Matthew J. Lebo

Why is Congress mired in partisan polarization? The conventional answer is that members of Congress and their constituencies fundamentally disagree with one other along ideological lines. But Gregory Koger and Matthew J. Lebo uncover a more compelling reason that today’s political leaders devote so much time to conveying their party’s positions, even at the expense of basic government functions: Both parties want to win elections. In Strategic Party Government, Koger and Lebo argue that Congress is now primarily a forum for partisan competition. In order to avoid losing, legislators unite behind strong party leaders, even when they do not fully agree with the policies their party is advocating. They do so in the belief that party leaders and voters will reward them for winning—or at least trying to win—these legislative contests. And as the parties present increasingly united fronts, partisan competition intensifies and pressure continues to mount for a strong party-building strategy—despite considerable disagreement within the parties. By bringing this powerful but underappreciated force in American politics to the forefront, Koger and Lebo provide a new interpretation of the problems facing Congress that is certain to reset the agenda for legislative studies.

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University of Chicago Press

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022642474X

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9780226424743

Urban Green Spaces

Public Health and Sustainability in the United States

By: Viniece Jennings,Matthew H. E. M. Browning,Alessandro Rigolon

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Urban Green Spaces

Public Health and Sustainability in the United States

By: Viniece Jennings,Matthew H. E. M. Browning,Alessandro Rigolon

This book crosses disciplinary boundaries to investigate how the benefits of green spaces can be further incorporated in public health. In this regard, the book highlights how ecosystem services provided by green spaces affect multiple aspects of human health and well-being, offering a strategic way to conceptualize the topic. For centuries, scholars have observed the range of health benefits associated with exposure to nature. As people continue to move to urban areas, it is essential to include green spaces in cities to ensure sustained human health and well-being. Such insights can not only advance the science but also spark interdisciplinary research and help researchers creatively translate their findings into benefits for the public. The book explores this topic in the context of ‘big picture’ frameworks that enhance communication between the environmental, public health, and social sciences.

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108

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Springer

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3030104699

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9783030104696

The Anonymity of a Commentator

Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī and the Rhetoric of Muslim Commentaries

By: Matthew B. Ingalls

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The Anonymity of a Commentator

Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī and the Rhetoric of Muslim Commentaries

By: Matthew B. Ingalls

The Anonymity of a Commentator examines the life and writings of the Egyptian Sufi-scholar Zakariyyā al-Anṣārī (d. 926/1520), the longest-serving chief Shāfi'ī justice to the Mamlūk sultanate during its final years. It analyzes al-Anṣārī's commentaries in the disciplines of Sufism and Islamic law as a case study to illustrate how and why Muslims produced commentaries in the later Islamic Middle Period and how the form and rhetoric of commentary writing furnished scholars like al-Anṣārī with a medium in which to express their creativity and adapt the received tradition to the needs of their time. Whereas twentieth-century scholars tended to view Muslim commentary texts as symbols of intellectual stagnation in and of themselves, contemporary scholars recognize that these texts are often the repositories of profound ideas, although they approach them with little guidance from their academic predecessors. The Anonymity of a Commentator aims to provide this guidance, through a close study of one of the most prolific commentary writers in Islamic history.

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State University of New York Press

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1438485204

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Christ and the New Creation

A Canonical Approach to the Theology of the New Testament

By: Matthew Y. Emerson

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Christ and the New Creation

A Canonical Approach to the Theology of the New Testament

By: Matthew Y. Emerson

In Christ and the New Creation, Matthew Emerson takes a fresh approach to understanding New Testament theology by using a canonical methodology. Although typically confined to Old Testament theology, Emerson sees fruitfulness in applying this method to New Testament theology as well. Instead of a thematic or book-by-book analysis, Emerson attempts to trace the primary theological message of the New Testament through paying attention to its narrative and canonical shape. He concludes that the order of the books of the New Testament emphasize the story of Christ's inauguration, commissioning, and consummation of the new creation.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1597528404

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9781597528405

The Still Divided Academy

How Competing Visions of Power, Politics, and Diversity Complicate the Mission of Higher Education

By: Stanley Rothman,April Kelly-Woessner,Matthew Woessner

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The Still Divided Academy

How Competing Visions of Power, Politics, and Diversity Complicate the Mission of Higher Education

By: Stanley Rothman,April Kelly-Woessner,Matthew Woessner

Drawing on data collected in a specially commissioned public opinion survey as well as other recent research on higher education, Rothman, Kelly-Woessner, and Woessner, create an incredibly readable presentation of both the similarities and differences between those running our universities and those attending them. The authors manage to remain impressively neutral; instead they give us a fuller perspective of the people on our college campuses.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1442208082

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9781442208087

Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition

By: Matthew L. Boulton,Robert H. Wallace

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Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition

By: Matthew L. Boulton,Robert H. Wallace

Now in full color, the #1 text spanning the fields of public health and preventive medicine brings you fully up to date on the issues and topics you need to know A Doody's Core Title for 2023! Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine has been updated and revised for the first time in more than a decade. This highly anticipated and extensive edition provides the most current information and insights available on evidence-based public health and preventive medicine, from basic methodologies of public health to principles of epidemiology and infection control to environmental toxicology to global health. The most comprehensive resource of its kind, Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine is the clear choice for anyone seeking a career in public health. Features: • Edited and written by a who's who of global experts • 384 photos and illustrations • New full-color format and improved artwork • Significantly expanded coverage of diseases and preventive methods common in international markets • Greater use of tables and summary lists for easier reading and retention

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McGraw Hill Professional

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1259644529

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9781259644528

Pioneer Performances

Staging the Frontier

By: Matthew Rebhorn

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Pioneer Performances

Staging the Frontier

By: Matthew Rebhorn

Pioneer Performances draws from a diverse cast of relevant historical figures, ultimately revealing the frontier as a set of complex performative practices imbued with a sense of trenchant social critique.

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Oxford University Press

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0190218649

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9780190218645

Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"

By: Matthew Whittle

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Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"

By: Matthew Whittle

This book examines literary texts by British colonial servant and settler writers, including Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, William Golding, and Alan Sillitoe, who depicted the impact of decolonization in the newly independent colonies and at home in Britain. The end of the British Empire was one of the most significant and transformative events in twentieth-century history, marking the beginning of a new world order and having an indelible impact on British culture and society. Literary responses to this moment by those from within Britain offer an enlightening (and often overlooked) exploration of the influence of decolonization on received notions of “race” and class, while also prefiguring conceptions of multiculturalism. As Matthew Whittle argues in this sweeping study, these works not only view decolonization within its global context (alongside the aftermath of the Second World War, the rise of America, and mass immigration) but often propose a solution to imperial decline through cultural renewal.

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Springer

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1137540141

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Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Nursery for Men of Honour

By: Matthew Glozier

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Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Nursery for Men of Honour

By: Matthew Glozier

The Journal of Muslims in Europe welcomes articles dealing with contemporary issues of Islam and Muslims in Europe from all disciplines and across the whole region, as well as historical studies of relevance to the present. The focus is on articles offering cross-country comparisons or with significant theoretical or methodological relevance to the field. Case studies with innovative approaches or under-explored issues and studies of policy and policy development in the various European institutions, including the European courts, and transnational movements and social and cultural processes are also welcome. The journal also welcomes book reviews.

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BRILL

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9047405382

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9789047405382

Privatization and Its Discontents

Infrastructure, Law, and American Democracy

By: Matthew Titolo

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Privatization and Its Discontents

Infrastructure, Law, and American Democracy

By: Matthew Titolo

In Privatization and Its Discontents, Matthew Titolo situates the contemporary debate over infrastructure in the long history of public–private governance in the United States. Titolo begins with Adam Smith's arguments about public works and explores debates over internal improvements in the early republic, moving to the twentieth-century regulatory state and public-interest liberalism that created vast infrastructure programs. While Americans have always agreed that creation and oversight of 'infrastructure' is a proper public function, Titolo demonstrates that public–private governance has been a highly contested practice throughout American history. Public goods are typically provided with both government and private actors involved, resulting in an ideological battle over the proper scope of the government sphere and its relationship to private interests. The course of that debate reveals that 'public' and 'private' have no inherent or natural content. These concepts are instead necessarily political and must be set through socially negotiated compromise.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108692664

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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

By: James Matthew Morris,Andrea L. Kross

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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

By: James Matthew Morris,Andrea L. Kross

This Dictionary provides a wide range of coverage on a topic that has played a significant role in human society, from the early theoreticians and thinkers who proposed republican, democratic, and authoritarian innovations; to those who sought equality of classes, races, and genders; to those who insisted on hierarchy under a supreme leader, or god; and to those who had more practical economic, social, and ethical plans. This historical dictionary covers the most vital information on the persons, plans, and attempts associated with utopianism that have been seen since ancient times. An introductory essay, chronology, 600 dictionary entries, an extensive bibliography, and an appendix listing the names and locations of utopian communities worldwide enable the reader to explore the Western mind's desire to improve the world and the lives of the people within it as utopianism has persisted over the centuries.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810849127

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9780810849129

Marketing on the Internet

Multimedia Strategies for the World Wide Web

By: Jill H. Ellsworth,Matthew V. Ellsworth

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Marketing on the Internet

Multimedia Strategies for the World Wide Web

By: Jill H. Ellsworth,Matthew V. Ellsworth

Everything you need to know to create an effective multimedia system for conducting advertising, marketing, and sales on the Internet. The Internet is revolutionizing the way that businesses are doing their marketing worldwide. Now every marketer faces the challenge of learning a new set of marketing tools — the kind of tools that will be most effective in building your marketing presence on the Internet. Marketing on the Internet is your introduction to the new and powerful multimedia part of the Internet called the World Wide Web. It shows you how to get access to the Web, and how to build multimedia Web pages that give Internet users access to your marketing and sales information. Also find out how to: Get a business connection on the Internet Use HTML to design virtual storefronts with graphics, sound, and hypertext documents for use on the World Wide Web Design Web pages that are easy for customers to use Incorporate an online multimedia strategy into your marketing plan Obtain free copies of Mosaic, Lynx, HTML editors, and other WWW software Avoid committing serious breaches of Internet etiquette that could damage your business reputation

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Wiley

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0471118508

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9780471118503

Book's by Matthew J. James

Collecting Evolution

Collecting Evolution

Strategic Party Government

Strategic Party Government

Urban Green Spaces

Urban Green Spaces

The Anonymity of a Commentator

The Anonymity of a Commentator

Christ and the New Creation

Christ and the New Creation

The Still Divided Academy

The Still Divided Academy

Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition

Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Sixteenth Edition

Pioneer Performances

Pioneer Performances

Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"

Post-War British Literature and the "End of Empire"

Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King

Privatization and Its Discontents

Privatization and Its Discontents

Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

Historical Dictionary of Utopianism

Marketing on the Internet

Marketing on the Internet

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